As many of you may be aware, we as Halari Visa Oshwals have been involved in JAINA for several years and we have significant impact every time we are involved. I have seen it from JAINA at Chicago to Canada to Philadelphia to Edison. We have been involved at several different levels.

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This year, the Statue of Liberty and NYC skyline were the backdrop our New York Metro area picnic, held on Fathers Day, Sunday, June 17,from 10am to 4pm, at Liberty State Park, in Jersey City, NJ.

We had a fun filled day with a record attendance of 58 adults and children. The weather cooperated for the day, with the sea breeze helping cool us off. We had jalebi-gathiya, bagels, and chai for breakfast. We grilled sweet corn and set up a fresh sandwich bar for lunch. For desert we had chilled watermelon and ice cream.
Kids took the opportunity to fly kites with guidance from the adults, and many people enjoyed walking along the waterfront.

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The rain stayed away for our recent Father’s Day picnic, on June 18, 2006. This event has become an annual tradition for the Oshwal community in the Northeast. This year, it was held at Merrill County Park in New Jersey. About 60 of us, young and old, enjoyed the company of family and friends.

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About 55 Oshwals from US, Canada and UK, attended the 2003 JAINA convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA from July 3-6. We held our meeting on Saturday, July 5, where we introduced our families to each other, discussed Oshwal history in North America, and distributed the newly published Oshwal Directory. The editors of Jain Spirit Magazine, who were among the Oshwals from UK, attended the meeting, and introduced their magazine. Following the meeting we all enjoyed a large group dinner.

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We are pleased to inform the first USA/Canada Oshwal Gathering was held in Rochester, NY from September 1-2, 2002. Nearly 100 adults and children traveled from as far away as Michigan, Montreal, and Massachusetts, and many families from Canada came to attend the event. This was a very memorable occasion in our USA Oshwals history. Read the rest of this entry »

A picnic was held on Father’s Day, June 15, 2003, in Suffern, New York at the Clark Recreation Center. About 40 Oshwals attended from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, for a beautiful afternoon of food, games, relaxation, and conversation. On the menu this year was jellabi-gathia and chai for breakfast, bhel and roasted corn for lunch, along with watermelon and other snacks. Almost everyone played some ‘Ubhi-Kho’ and dodge ball.

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About 35 Oshwals from New England attended the picnic arranged by Madhu and Hemendra Shah in their back yard on Saturday, May 17 2003. We had delicious sagdina pizza (barbecue pizza), vada, roasted mogo (Yucca), corn, salad etc., prepared by various members of our community. Every body had a wonderful time.

The semi-annual picnic of Texas Oshwals we held on May 4 at a park in north Plano/Dallas. About 50 adults and children attended the picnic. The attendance was a little less than past years because of the uncertain weather conditions. The forecast was for thunderstorms but luckily the weather remained fine. Thanks to Naina and Jyantilal Meghji of Sherman, TX. who sponsored food which consisted of Bhel, Pani Puri and dessert. There were pizzas for kids. It was a very enjoyable afternoon.

Pictures from Picnic in Suffern, New York, on June 22, 2002.

Pictures from annual Northeast Oshwal gathering, held on Thanksgiving (November 23, 2000), in Poughkeepsie, New York.

Pictures from annual Northeast Thanksgiving gathering, held in November 1998, in Poughkeepsie, New York.